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Reported geography
Source-reported location for 5C MEM01 Memphis (former Fred's headquarters).
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- 5C Data Centers
- Address and locality
- 4300 Getwell Road · Memphis · Shelby County · Tennessee · 38118
- Official metro area
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Operational: 20 MW; Planned: 15 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 11 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000015
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- status: The added history reports partial operation; older narrative text predates that update and should not be read as current status evidence.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Announced investment
- $152 million
- Announced jobs
- 15 permanent
- AI-use label (provider)
- mixed use
Provider notes
Energy. 5C's facility table lists the Memphis site's power source as 'GRID BTM' and shows 20 MW for 2026 with 64 MW in 2027 and a further 35 MW in 2029+; FOX13 reported 20 MW current capacity with a 35 MW planned expansion
These reviews flag conflicting scope, inconsistent source text or support that has not been established. A withheld value may appear in the explanation, but is not displayed as an established field. The upstream row remains attributed under Sources.
- Land area: The source note says the 59-acre figure is for the whole former Fred’s headquarters property, not the data-center footprint.
What the source record says
Conversion of the former Fred's discount-retail headquarters, a multi-storey warehouse and office complex bought by Olymbec in 2019. DCD (2025-05-06), citing WREG, reports plans were submitted to Shelby County in late 2024 to convert 4300 Getwell Road into a data center supporting an initial 15MW IT load in phase one; the 15 MW phase-one figure is what is recorded as planned capacity. 5C's own site separately listed a Memphis facility, MEM01, at 20MW in 2025 and 60MW from 2027 — those larger figures are second-hand in this source and are deliberately NOT recorded as capacity. The 965,000 sq ft / 59-acre complex figures are Olymbec's, for the whole property, not for the data-center footprint. Quebec firms Adag Group and Hypertec are involved; 5C was subsequently acquired by Hypertec. Status is proposed and confidence reported: no source fetched here confirms permit issuance or construction start. Separately, Memphis City Council members led by JB Smiley Jr. introduced a proposed ordinance on 2026-08-16 for a temporary moratorium on new data-center developments citywide, which is context for this site but is not stated to apply to it.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-09-14 · source-reported under construction
Construction is under way rather than merely proposed: 5C MEM01 LLC closed on the former Fred's headquarters for $25 million (deed of record), and drone footage in January 2026 captured ongoing construction on the rear of the building including what appeared to be turbines.
- 2026-10-10 · source-reported operational
Daily Memphian (2026-09-03) reports '5C is now operating in 200,000 square feet' of the former Fred's headquarters on Getwell Road. That is a partial operating start, with room to expand.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- 5C plots data center at former Fred's site in Memphis, Tennessee · DataCenterDynamics (archived)
- $152 Million Data Center Coming to Former Fred's Headquarters — investment, jobs and site details from the EDGE filing · We Are Memphis (Greater Memphis Chamber)
- Data center company purchases Fred's headquarters building for $25 million, records show — address from property records · FOX13 Memphis
- Data center company purchases Fred's headquarters building for $25 million, records show (June 10, 2026) · FOX13 Memphis
- Next-Gen AI Data Centers | 5C — facilities table: Memphis, TN 20 MW (2026), 64 MW (2027), 35 MW (2029+), power source 'GRID BTM', status 'FULLY COMMITTED' · 5C
- The AM/DM podcast: Is Memphis at a turning point? · Daily Memphian
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID 5c-mem01-memphis-tn. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000015
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): mixed use
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- 4300 Getwell Road, Memphis, TN 38118 · Shelby (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: 5C Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-09-14 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-10-10 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Operational: 20 MW; Planned: 15 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $152 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 15 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-11
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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